On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 23:36, Tony Alfrey wrote:
On Sunday 25 April 2004 03:11 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote:
At 09:26 PM 4/24/2004 -0800, Stanley Long wrote:
On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 19:56, Fred Miller wrote:
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The "D" and "E" size construction project documents from my VariCAD go to an Oce' machine at http://www.digital-blueprint.com
There are serious things being produced on Linux desktop machines.
Please tell us what VariCAD is, what it costs, how it compares to AutoCad.
VariCAD is a) about 400 bucks US b) a true solid modeler, sorta like Autodesk Inventor c) will generate dxf 2-D files, and 3-D iges and dwg files that are readable by autocad but not "importable" into autocad. So autocad cannot edit the files. d) rpms are available for SuSE and (I think) red hat. e) I use it about 4 hrs a day currently. It has it's good and bad points but I consider its best points to be
1. Price 2. Runs on linux 3. Relatively easy learning curve 4. Solids editing is fairly fast 5. Generates good files/drawings that can be easily used by a machine shop.
Is the .IGES translator good enough for the like of WorkNC *horribly fussy)? Mike